Can Big Tech be taxed more? The true, the false and the uncertain

Interview de Martin Collet, Professor at Université Paris Panthéon-Assas

On June 11th, 2025 5 min reading time

True, false or uncertain? GAFAMs benefit from more advantageous tax regimes than traditional companies in Europe...

Can insurers save the planet (and themselves)?

Interview de Fanny Henriet , CNRS Research Director at Aix-Marseille School of Economics and Lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Christian Gollier, Executive Director at Toulouse School of Economics

On June 11th, 2025 4 min reading time

Faced with global warming, it is now crucial for insurance companies to address environmental issues and climate disasters.

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AI: the rise of India and the Gulf States

Interview de Jean-François Gagné, Researcher at the Centre for International Studies and Research at Université de Montréal

On June 11th, 2025 4 min reading time

How profiling influences our behaviour

Interview de Philippe Huneman, CNRS Research Director at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Oana Goga, Inria Research Director at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On May 28th, 2025 5 min reading time

The data we leave on websites is shared and sold, in particular to influence our online purchasing behaviour through targeted advertising.

Spatial: Europe regains its independence

Interview de Lionel Suchet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNES

On May 28th, 2025 7 min reading time

Faced with increased international competition, Europe is seeking to (re)gain its autonomy and competitiveness in the space sector.

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Data centres: must we choose between digital tech and ecology?

Interview de Clément Marquet, Research fellow at Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation at Mines Paris - PSL

On June 5th, 2025 6 min reading time

From dish to brain, how dopamine influences our behaviour

Interview de Giuseppe Gangarossa, Professor of Neurobiology at Université Paris Cité

On May 21st, 2025 4 min reading time

Lipids may influence our reward system.

EU arms race: rising budgets, disparate capabilities

Interview de Léo Péria-Peigné, Researcher at the Ifri Centre for Security Studies

On May 21st, 2025 3 min reading time

In recent years, there has been a gradual rearmament of EU member states and defence budgets are generally on the rise.

Enzo Tartaglione

Is AI doomed to be an energy drain?

Interview de Enzo Tartaglione, Associate Professor at Télécom Paris (IP Paris)

On May 21st, 2025 3 min reading time

Strengths and limits of the Central Bank's digital euro

Interview de Julien Prat, CNRS researcher at CREST and head of the Blockchain Chair at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Jezabel Couppey-Soubeyran, Lecturer at Université Panthéon-Sorbonne and Scientific Adviser to Institut Veblen

On May 14th, 2025 6 min reading time

In October 2025, the European Central Bank could take a major step forward with the introduction of the digital euro.

Ethical hacking: at the heart of modern cybersecurity

Interview de Christophe Gaie, Head of the Engineering and Digital Innovation Division at the Prime Minister's Office, Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Head of Division in the French Army

On May 14th, 2025 4 min reading time

Ethical hacking uses techniques similar to those employed by cybercriminals, but with the aim of strengthening the resilience of information systems.

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Climate: are electric cars on the right track?

Interview de Anne de Bortoli, Associate Professor at Université du Québec and Associate Researcher at Ecole des Ponts ParisTech (IP Paris), Jean-Philippe Hermine, Managing Director of Institut Mobilités en Transition at Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales

On May 14th, 2025 4 min reading time

Defence industry: how Europe is boosting production

Interview de Hélène Masson, Senior Research Fellow at Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

On April 29th, 2025 5 min reading time

France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden are the main European countries that design, produce and export arms.

CO2: “Nature-based solutions already exist and cost nothing”

Interview de Vincent Jassey, CNRS researcher at Centre for Research on Biodiversity and the Environment

On April 29th, 2025 3 min reading time

Nature-based solutions maximise CO2 storage in biomass and soil, among other things, by relying on natural biological processes.

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Innovation: calling on the expertise of people with disabilities as a way to co-create

Interview de Estelle Peyrard, Research Associate at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Cécile Chamaret, Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On April 29th, 2025 4 min reading time

Drug shortages: 39% of French people at risk in 2024

Interview de Clément Dherbécourt, Assistant to the Deputy Director of Syntheses, Economic Studies and Evaluation at DREES

On April 23rd, 2025 5 min reading time

In 2024, 39% of French people said they experienced medicines shortages, and 35% of them said that no alternative treatments were made available.

Ariane 6: a strategic success for Europe, but challenges to come

Interview de Lionel Suchet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNES

On April 23rd, 2025 4 min reading time

The successful launch of Ariane 6 in March 2025 marks the return of progress towards greater sovereignty for Europe.

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10 years after the Paris Agreement, who are the G20's “good performers”?

Interview de Anna Pérez Català, Head of Research at Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales

On April 23rd, 2025 4 min reading time

Trump 2: European military dependencies in question

Interview de Samuel Faure, Lecturer in Political Science at Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye

On April 16th, 2025 6 min reading time

A minority of EU Member States have a significant Defence base, while the vast majority do not and depend on non-European partners.

Insomnia: when our brain refuses to let us rest

Interview de Pierre-Alexis Geoffroy, Professor of Medicine at Université Paris-Cité

On April 16th, 2025 4 min reading time

According to studies, chronic insomnia affects between 15% and 20% of the French population. How can this be explained?

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Digital innovations for better health

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From cure to prediction: the algorithmic transformation of healthcare

Interview de Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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Alzheimer's, Parkinson's: “tommorrow, AI will detect disease”

Interview de Mounîm A. El Yacoubi, Professor at Télécom SudParis (IP Paris)

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Digital avatars of patients lungs

Interview de Cécile Patte, Inria engineer in biomechanics, Jeunes Talents France 2020 prize "For women in science" (L'Oréal-Une...

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How to provide access to patients health data

Interview de Emmanuel Didier, Sociologist, CNRS Research Director and member of the Maurice Halbwachs Centre at EHESS

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Why the medical AI revolution could never happen

Interview de Joël Perez Torrents, PhD student at I³-CRG* at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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How digital technology will personalise healthcare

Interview de Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Alexis Hernot, Co-founder and CEO of Calmedica

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How we can better predict future epidemics

Interview de Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Antoine Flahault, PhD in biomathematics

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How quantum technology is changing the world

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Cryptography: how to protect critical systems in the quantum era

Interview de Christophe Gaie, Head of the Engineering and Digital Innovation Division at the Prime Minister's Office , Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Head of Division in the French Army

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Quantum physics explained by a Nobel Prize winner

Interview de Alain Aspect, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, Professor at the Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Université Paris-S...

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How to prepare for the acceleration of quantum technologies

Interview de Laurent Sanchez-Palencia, CNRS Research Director in Quantum Physics and Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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Quantum physics has already changed the world

Interview de Pierre Henriquet, Doctor in Nuclear Physics and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights

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Quantum computing: 15 minutes to understand everything

Interview de Loïc Henriet, CTO at Pasqal , Landry Bretheau, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, Quantum Physicist and Researcher in the Laboratory of Condensed Ma...

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Health, tech, space: quantum technology is already benefiting many sectors

Interview de Pierre Henriquet, Doctor in Nuclear Physics and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights

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Quantum, the indispensable ally of modern medicine

Interview de Pierre Henriquet, Doctor in Nuclear Physics and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights

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Oil to lithium, the energy transition is shuffling the cards for global politics

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China has a monopoly on rare earth metals

Interview de Mathieu Xémard, project leader at Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Études pour la Défense et la Sécurité (IP Paris)

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Saudi Arabia, a future mining power?

Interview de Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS , Candice Roche, Research Fellow in Geopolitics of Metals and Ecological Transition at IFPEN , Vincent d’Herbemont, Civil engineer in the economics and environmental assessment department at IFP énergies nouvelles

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The switch to electric cars increases our dependence on China

Interview de María Eugenia Sanin, Lecturer in economics at Université Paris Saclay and coordinator of the Sectoral Policies group at t... , Olivier Perrin, Partner in the energy, resources and industry sector at Deloitte

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Predicted scarcity of metals and rare elements are causing geopolitical tensions

Interview de Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS

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How decisions around energy shape geopolitical power

Interview de Anna Creti, Professor at Université Paris-Dauphine-PSL, Director of Climate Economics Chair and Associate Direct...

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Gas: intermediate energy source or energy of the future?

Interview de Olivier Massol, Professor at the Centre for Energy Economics and Management at IFP School

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Oil in murky waters: pressure on prices and uncertain demand

Interview de Patrice Geoffron, Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine and Director of Center of Energy and Climate Change Ec...

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“Carbon diplomacy is an issue of power and sovereignty”

Interview de Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director of the Energy & Climate Centre at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri...

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Energy transition: a gold-mine for countries of the “Lithium Triangle”?

Interview de María Eugenia Sanin, Lecturer in economics at Université Paris Saclay and coordinator of the Sectoral Policies group at t...

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